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Depression vs. sadness
- Sadness occurs when something feels bad.
- Depression occurs when something feels meaningless.
When something feels bad, at least it has meaning. In depression, everything becomes a big blank void.
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- We generate meaning through relationships. And meaning is the fuel of our minds.
- Our relationships also define our understanding of ourselves. And when one of these relationships is destroyed, that part of our identity is destroyed along with it.
- The healthy response to loss is to slowly construct new relationships and bring new meaning into one’s life.
- The unhealthy response to loss is to refuse to accept it. It’s to cling to the past and desperately try to recover it or relive it in some way.
- A toxic relationship: people are emotionally dependent on each other - they use drama and use each other for the approval and respect they are unable to give themselves.
- A healthy relationship: people are emotionally interdependent with each other - they approve of and respect each other because they approve of and respect themselves.
- Understand that our memories lie to us and convince us that everything was awesome in the past.
- Surround yourself with people who love and appreciate you for who you are.
- Invest in your relationship with yourself and do whatever you want.
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When we talk of toxic people intentionally or unintentionally they tend to spread a feeling of unease or negativity, they are the ones who would find faults in everything others do and blame it on others. It’s best to maintain distance from them, whatever relation you share with them its advisable to keep them at a distance and not get too much involved with them.
Giving up your dream will hurt, at least for a time. To drop this vision of your future-self is to drop a piece of you.
To help you move on, It helps to focus on the negative implications of your dream. If we are realistic, many of our dreams are romanticised. We may think of doctors as healing people, but their daily reality is far more mundane.